Business

Jim Rudolph Presents Owner’s Rights in Privately Owned Businesses, June 9 and 14

For anyone involved in a privately-owned company, where shareholders or members and decision makers are often one in the same…

7 years ago

Successful Defense of Business Owner

Rudolph Friedmann partner Jonathon Friedmann was successful in overturning a summary judgment motion and damages in the amount of $865,000…

7 years ago

Business Owners Beware: Heightened Duty to Secure Confidential Information

Many businesses have access to confidential information that, when stolen or misappropriated, can cause serious injuries to their clients or…

7 years ago

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Case Clarifies Shareholder Rights and Director Duties in Massachusetts

by James L. Rudolph Shareholders, officers and directors of Massachusetts corporations, as well as their lawyers, will be guided by…

7 years ago

Partner Jonathon Friedmann Successfully Defends Developer

Rudolph Friedmann partner Jonathon Friedmann recently represented a developer and his wife in a five-day jury trial in Barnstable Superior…

7 years ago

Landowner Liable When Guest Walks into Area Marked “Employees Only”

by Robert P. Rudolph After a Massachusetts Superior Court jury returned a verdict in favor of the estate of a…

7 years ago

New Overtime Rule Blocked by Federal Court

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction on a nationwide basis enjoining…

7 years ago

“Secret” Agent: A Person with Apparent Authority Can Bind Another Even to Unknown Deal

An agency relationship arises when one person (a “principal”) indicates by written or spoken words or other conduct that another…

8 years ago

Websites and E-Commerce: Where the Virtual World Can Present Real Problems

In 1990 Congress passed Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which states in relevant part that “[n]o individual…

8 years ago

Separate Companies May Constitute a Single Employer for Liability Purposes

Is your company a single employer? Earlier this year, a Massachusetts Superior Court for the first time applied the “single…

8 years ago